Dad Bill came- This year daughter Chelsea speaks at Hay Festival.
Excitement is building. I live only 20 miles from Hay on Wye; The second-hand book capital of the world. Over 30 book shops I read somewhere, which for a small town means every shop apart from the butcher, baker and greengrocer.
Hotels and Pubs. Even the cafes get in on the town book fame too, with many having book racks to browse.
The year Bill Clinton came was exceptionally exciting. The permanent residents in a small community know one another and what is going on.
The chattering amongst gatherings became more and more feverish, and the stories increasingly wilder, the closer to opening day it got.
Everyone knew someone who knew someone that had a relative that USA President Mr Clinton was staying with. Yeh, right!
The Conversation
Talking about American politics – Michael Wolff's account of the White House and Donna Brazile's story of the Democrat campaign, hacks and all.
Talking about Russia are Adrian Bradshaw (Deputy Supreme Commander, NATO), the former Ambassador to the USSR Rodric Braithwaite, Misha "McMafia" Glenny, historians Bridget Kendall and Anne Applebaum and Bill Browder – "Putin's No.1 enemy".
You can listen to scientists at the most adventurous end of technological advance, from Jocelyn Bell Burnell to Nigel Shadbolt and Dan Davis.
Hear how Artificial Intelligence may change medicine, education and banking. And about the threats it poses to democracy and privacy.
Follow migrations, from Neolithic settlers all the way to the Syrian and Sudanese refugees honoured in David Miliband's keynote lecture.
We'll explore the depth and reach of European culture from Byzantium with Bettany Hughes, and Aristotle with Edith Hall, to the most thrilling international novelists of today like Maylis de Kerangal, Ian McEwan, Rose Tremain, Colm Tóibín, Juan Gabriel Vásquez, Elif Shafak and Javier Cercas.
Bill Bryson introduces one of medicine's most extraordinary stories.
Ruth Rogers and Rowley Leigh will share their cooking mastery, Monty Don and Derry Moore conjure Paradise Gardens.
Alice Roberts will talk about extinctions and Alex Jones will talk about motherhood.
Chris Bonnington takes us climbing and there will be cricketing wisdom from Mike Brearley and Henry Blofeld.
June Sarpong and Afua Hirsch will talk about diversity, and we'll talk about equalities with Rose McGowan, Laura Bates, Laurie Penny and Cordelia Fine.
The HAYDAYS programme for families and children is packed with brain-expanding adventures.
From rebel girls to robotics, from coding to creativity, from dinosaurs to drumming and from stargazing to skulduggery, the programme is a perfect mixture of inspiration and fun.
And there’s space in it for reflection on some of the major issues of the time, too. The Festival is a place for listening, talking, thinking and making things happen.
Meet living legends Judith Kerr, Michael Morpurgo, Jacqueline Wilson and Philip Pullman, superstar storytellers David Walliams, Sarah Crossan, Gemma Cairney and Cressida Cowell, and a host of brilliant non-fiction writers like Chelsea Clinton and Robert Winston.
Whether you're starting to read or sitting exams, come to Hay to take pleasure in words and share new ideas. Imagine the world as a playground of boundless possibility and wonderful stories waiting to be told and waiting to be heard.
Laugh with the fabulous line-up of comedians throughout the Festival: Russell Kane, James Campbell, Shazia Mirza, David Baddiel, Rachel Parris, Dara Ó Briain, James Acaster, Bridget Christie, the Scummy Mummies and Tony Hawks.
Dance the night away with music from Jake Bugg, Hackney Colliery Band, Laura Mvula, Seckou Keita and Catrin Finch, Les Amazones d'Afrique, Sam Lee, Gabrielle Aplin, Imelda May, Trio HLK and Evelyn Glennie, Show of Hands, Josephine and the Artizans, while Goldie presents his memoir 'All Things Remembered'.
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With 100% vote I am supporting you as you spread the word about an extraordinary event. Unfortunately I am not anymore in UK but always will keep great memories of your country. How on earth you can have so many second hand bookshops in Hay on Wye? Who buys all the books or even read them?
Here is what I just found in a little village nearby in South of Germany:
https://steemit.com/hemingway/@johano/libra-abundo
Free books in so called Open Book Stores.
Hope you will enjoy the festival!
Thank you Johano.
So many books.It does seem over the top,but tiny Hay on Wye has been attracting book worms all year round for years, so it obviously works.
I looked at the page you provided a link to about a similar enterprise in Germany,where the books are free to take.
It's fascinating that there is a natural balance between the giving and taking. I've seen a book exchange over here,but to take one you have to leave one.
The Hay Festival sounds like fun. I visited their website at
http://www.hayfestival.com/Default.aspx
and if you want Steemit to turn a URL into an actual link, I believe the trick is to include the http part at the beginning.
Thank you Kenny. Yes it is good fun,with something for everyone. And the town is quaint.Visitors do love it, as evidenced by the excited chatter and happy atmosphere they generate in the pubs and - well,everywhere.
I did have http to begin with Kenny,but testing it took me away from the post.I know the code bit to add - (just add a - target="_blank" - attribute to your links) but where to find the html editor in Steemit and insert it is a puzzle for me?
Hi Kenny. Further to the above.I clicked on the link that you've given and it doesn't open in a separate window or tab,so the post viewer has to use the back arrow to resume reading the post.
Opening in a separate window keeps the Steemit tab in place and available to click to return. I tend to think that viewers in general do not use the back arrow,but I have no facts on which to base that.
When posting, there is a way to toggle between Editor and Markdown mode, with the link right under the Title box. One of those modes should allow you to add HTML tags. Adding the target attribute will cause the link to open in a new tab, you are right!
My business is working on websites, and some clients like a link to open in the current tab while others prefer it to open in a new tab. I prefer a link to open in a new tab but there does seem to be fans of both ways.
I think the main think is to make sure a link is clickable because otherwise a person has to highlight the text and right click to open the context menu, or copy and paste into the address bar. Much easier to be able to just click a link. :)
Most grateful Kenny for your help and advice.I do test the links I put in posts,and that is when I saw that it was replacing the Steemit tab,not opening one of it's own.
I can add tags in Blogger but never found where to in Steemit.Thank you for pointing it out.